Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-11-11
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/ wood ,HeG's DEATH SCENE
& 90 Ill, Nov. 10 -Lingg's
CHiCsoVg gradually became slower. The
bTestnllS the forehead deepened. A
Il pslor " ne was noticed in the now sunk
Sign = Someone said "he is dying"
eGeJso' -onorters made ready for a rush
sDd INC nesrest telephone. Llngg's big
to the bssyed once and was still. His
5re'S. nSad straight ahesd with some
eJes loON ~ their old brightness,
4 thing whisper from the doctors
but .. dashed to the telephone
i ,asin ,rf over one another down narrow
hhu ss.v 70 the courtyard in their efforts
ss IN the news frst. While the re-
10 .sr we're tumblipg and running the
Pol..e,r' rs,sed Lingg's right arm. II fell
d0c.O on the table limp. An attendants
osC. an md lett angers we're laid on Lin gg's
rgsssd and pushed the eyelids shut. In
ioIs onent the little room was empty OF
n ~ the CHASTITY corpse Of the bomb
r-,ker, Louis Lingg.
-spxoR oGLEsBY's DECISION IN FULL
VVCvpTyGFIELD, ILL Nov. 1o.-FolloWing
3, me Governors decision in full In the
anarchist case; STATE OF 1r11xo1s +,
~ OFFICE, SPR.EGEIELD, Nov. 10, 1887.
IN me pom day of August, 1885, in the
oooL County Criminal court, August
80 Co;as Albert r. Parsons, Samuel Fielder,
S Vgriu, SchWab, .Adolph Fischer, George
Easel and Louis Lingg, were found
S lily nv the verdict of the jury and af-
su rsrds sentenced TO be hanged for the
% e. ua of NJ. J.Degan. An appeal was
La. Ion from such fading and sentence
" The Supreme court of the state. That
sonrt mon final hearing and after ma
, ygz deliberatIon unanimously affirmed
-, NJ iodgment of the court below. The
so now comes before me by petition of
.bo attendants for consideration as Gov
s ~ Of the state. If the letters Of
I IIb4rt Parsons, Adolph Fischer, George
Epgel and Louis Lingg, demanded uncon-
5e0psl relesse, or as they express it
mLIBERTY OR DEATH"
and protesting in the strongest language
.g,jnst mercy or Communication Of the SEN
,:gce pronounced against them, csn be
considered petitions for pardon, could 1t
he granted, which might imply any guilt
Wnsteyer upon the part OF either of them,
II would not be such s vindicRtion as they
demand. Executive Intervention upon
The grounds insisted upon by the four
soOve named persons could in no proper
sense be deemed &C exercise OF his con-
stitutionsl power to grant reprieVes,
combinations and pardons unless based
uDon the belief on my part Of their entire
innocence OF the crime of which they
stand convicted. a careful consideration
ot the evidence in the record of the trisl
Of the parties, IS we'll as of al alleged aud
clsined for them outside Of the record,
has failed TO produce upon my mind any
impression tending to impeach the YER
dict Of the Jury or the judgment OF the
trial court, or of the Supreme court
affirming the guilt Of all these parties.
Satisfied, therefore, IS am Of their guilt,
lam precuded from considering the ques-
ton of cOmmuCation OF the sentences Of
AlbertR Parsons, Adolph Fischt r, George
Eugel and Louis Lingg to Imprisonment
ipthe penitentiary, as they emphatically
dte.sre they will
NOT ACCEPT SUCH COMMUTATIeN.
Samuel Fl lien, Michael SchWab and
August Spies unite in petition for tx
ecutive clemeDcy. Fit lden and SchWab,
in addition, present separate and sup
Elementary petition for the Communication
Of their sentence. While, as said above,
an satisfied of the guilt OF all the
parties as found by the verdict of the
jury, which was sustained by the Iudg-
meats Of the courts, most careful con-
sideration OF the whole subject leads me
10 the conclusion that the sentence of the
sW as to Fitlden Snd Schwab may be
modified IS to each of them in the in
terest of humanity and without doing
violence 70 public justice, and "a TO the
said Samuel Fielden and Michael Schwab
the sentence Is commuted to imprison-
ment in
TIE PENITENTIA2Y FOR LIFE.
As to al the other named defendants l
do not feel justified in interfering with
the sentence Of the court. While would
gladly have come to different conclu-
sion in regard to Spies, Fischer, E0gel,
Parsons and Lingg, | regret TO say that
under the solemn sense of the obligations
q my ofice have been unable 70 DO 90.
lS.gneo REGARD j. 0GLESBY,
Governor.
The following is copy of the instru-
lnent tiilcially committing tee sentence
Oi Flelden and SchwAb:
STATE CF ILLINOIS, EXECUTIVE
NJ DEPARTMENT.
hehard }. 0glesbv, GoVe4n nor + Illinois, to the
shefid CT Cook County Creating:
whereas, Samuel Fielder and Michael
ocnWa6 were convicted at the June term,
d. u 1855, OF the crime Of murder, and
we're senierce1 therefor to be hanged;
ard
W0eress, it has been presented by
uters good citizens Of said county that
Saio Samuel Fielden and Michael Schwab
NE NJ aud proper subjects for executive
clemency,
NOW, know ye, that I, Richard Ogles-
vs. governor Of Illinois, by authority in
NC vested by the constitution of this
ssa'ei 90 OF these presents commute the
STSaience OF said Samuel Fielder and
a1aSel SchTsb to Imprisonment in the
lenitentisry for life.
u testimony whereof, hereto set nv
so aua ana cause to be affixed the crest
Ca Vi the state. Done 1t the city Of
smingneld, this l0sh day OF November,
i - we year Of our Lord, 1887, ana of the
dependence Of the United States, the
'Oe Iaandred and twelfth.
JS'gned.l RI. OGFRsBY,
Governor.
'IEWED BY THE cORoNER's JURY.
~ 0'HicAGO, Ill Nov. 10 At O'Clock
Inc 'v was sn influx of deputy sberiffs to
and n. They all wore heavy ovGrcoats